Button-protector.



W., M. BARNES.

BUTTON PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 3o. I9I5.

I, mmm., I mmm Apr. I8, 1916.

8 1 9 y' III Y *A By ttl WALTER M. BES, OF NEW YORK, Fl'. F.

BUTTN-FROTECTUE.

specification ot Letters Patent.

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.tppiication med october 30, 19M. serial Ito. 5e43.

.To @ZZ who/m it may concern:

i Be it known that l, WALTER lt/l. BARNES, a citizen of the ilnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhatten, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedButton-Protector, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to button protectors and has for an object theprovision of an improved construction adapted to t over a button andpinch the retaining member therefor or the button itself, as desired, soas to protect the button against accidental breakage.

Another object in view is to provide a protector for buttons formed witha slot merging into a recess which accommodates a button, the protectorbeing adapted to prevent the accidental breaking of the button whenbeating a garmentcarrying the button.

A still further object in viewis to provide a button protector formed ofany suitable material and arranged with raised portions for receivingthe impact of an article and thereb protect the button against breakage.

lin t e accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of agarment with a perspective view of the protector arranged thereon; Fig.2 is a plan view of the protector shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a bottom yplan view of the protector shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section through Fig. 2 on line i 4 4; Fig. 5 is a sectionthrough Fig. 2 on line 5 5. i

ln carrying out the .objects of the lnvenn tion it is aimed to provide aprotecting device for buttons for coats and other 4garments which arecleaned from time to time by being beaten and then brushed. ln thebeating of the garment the dirt 1s loosened more e'ectively than in anyother manner,

after which it is removed by va suitable broom. During the beatingoperation 'the beater is liable to strike the buttons and it the sameare breakable, to break or chip the same. The protector embodying theinvention is intended to surround and entirely cover the buttons of thegarment so that during the beating operation when the garment is beingcleaned the beater will strike either the garment or the .itector. lheproteotor will transrni blow to the garment and protect the but 'so thegarment isV is comparatively stid so that the same cannot be bent andthereby transmit a blow to the button 2. The protector 4 is providedwith what maybe termed a socket 5 for receiving the button 2, 'thesocket '5 merging into an aperture 6 through which the threads 3 pass,and a slot 7 having a flaring outer end, as shown in Fig. 3.

In applying the protector the same is placed against the garment 1 sothat the button is adjacent the flaring end of slot 7 and then theprotector is slid over the button, threads 3 passing through slot 7 intoaperture 6. The slot 7 ispreferably made comparatively narrow so as tosomewhat squeeze the threads 3 and thereby prevent the accidentalremoval of the protector. When the protector becomes. old, or at anytime desired, a rubber band may be passed around the protector immeatelyback of theflange or bead 8 .so as to draw the protector together atthat point and restrict the aperture 7 so as to positively insureagainst the accidental 'removal of the protector. 0n top of theprotector a-raised portion or bead 9 is provided which is intended toreceive the blowduring the beating of the garment, whereby the blow istransmitted to the garment around the button 2 and not to the button.

What l claim is l. A buttonl protector comprising a body provided with asocket for receiving a button, said socket being arranged so as tolpinch the threads holding the button in place and thereby hold the bodyin place over the button, said body being formed with raised` portionstor preventing a blow from being transmitted to the button.

2. .di button protector compri., a if' 1fmovable body formed with anopening tai receiving a button and with a ridge llt ltltl ceiving animpact and transmitting the same to the bottom of the protector withoutaffecting the button.

3. A button protector comprising a. body 5 provided with abutton'receivingsoeket and a. bead or ridge for holding an elastic inposition, whereby the socket is substantially closed at one point.

4. A button protector formed of rubber 10 and provided with a buttonreceiving socket.,

and reinforcing stiffening vribs for preventing an impact beingtransmitted to the button arranged in the socket.

In testimony whereof I-hzwe signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 15 two subscribing witnesses. y

WALTER M. BARNES.

Witnesses:

v MATIIDA F. BARNES,

Y AWILLLMI F. FAUST.

